26:14,15
Following the relatively short section on blessings, we now get a much longer section of curses, or punishments for disobedience. In the Bible a “curse” is usually “God’s punishment on man’s sin”. Why is this? Is God keener on cursing than He is on blessing? Absolutely not! A life lived in obedience and faith is an awful lot simpler than a life lived in rebellion. If we live in rebellion the complexity and problems of life just multiply.
26:16,17
Having set out the general principle, God begins to set out the details. Sudden terror and wasting diseases and fever will come upon them. Perhaps most importantly, God’s face will be set against them. So their enemies would defeat them, and those who hated them would rule over them. When we live in humble submission to the Lord things work, when we don’t things stop working. I believe this is what is happening to the West. The good news is that the problem is easily solved by repentance. Sadly repentance is not easy. We need to pray for God to be merciful to the nation and lead us to repentance. And you can pray the same for your nation.
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